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At just 18 years old, our founder took his data-driven, digital and social media expertise and began delivering more than a dozen winning political campaigns at the local, state and national levels. This was all before social media became a vital communications tool in politics.
Today, VUONG Global is one of the most trusted global communications and issues management firms by Fortune 500 companies, innovative startups, leading academic institutions, nonprofits, and high-profile individuals. VUONG Global's team consists of unrivaled wisdom and calculated innovation – and partnered with an AI-powered, proprietary data and CMS platform to accomplish our clients' critical objectives. |
Vinh Vuong
Managing Partner
Vinh Vuong is the Managing Partner of VUONG Global.
As Managing Partner of VUONG Global, he has led teams focused on crisis and reputation management projects for Fortune 500 companies, political leaders, and high-profile individuals. Vinh’s expertise in financial and political issues was brought on by his mentors in Anthony R. Dolan, Robert H. Bork, Jr., and Richard Torrenzano. Vinh has worked directly with over 75 clients, including HSBC, Broadridge, Morgan Stanley, CME Group, BNY Mellon, eBay, Qualcomm, Google, Facebook, The TMX Group, The Hershey Company, Investment Technology Group, The Pennsylvania State University, Starr Insurance Companies, Boy Scouts of America, SeaWorld Entertainment, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
On the political front, Vinh has worked with numerous advocacy groups and political organizations in multiple countries, from London to Washington, D.C., on issues ranging from tax reform to constitutional matters, geopolitical issues such as freedom in Hong Kong after China’s violation of a peace agreement, and the United States' advancements, global positioning, and supply chain vs. China and other adversaries in artificial intelligence, the importance of 5G, and securing a supply chain for critical and rare earth minerals. He has also recently been active in matters regarding blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and web3.
Vinh has made numerous television appearances on Bloomberg, TD Ameritrade, and Cheddar, and has been published in Real Clear Politics, Fox News, The Daily Caller, and Newsmax – amongst others.
He is a proud son of Vietnamese immigrants who came to the United States towards the end of the Vietnam war to seek the American dream and they did so with their Vietnamese restaurants in the Philadelphia area.
Vinh attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he played football under Joe Paterno as well as rugby. Vinh also completed the executive MBA program at Harvard University.
Twitter: @thevinhvuong
Instagram: @thevinhvuong
He also serves as Chairman of his investment holding company, Garrison Fathom.
As Managing Partner of VUONG Global, he has led teams focused on crisis and reputation management projects for Fortune 500 companies, political leaders, and high-profile individuals. Vinh’s expertise in financial and political issues was brought on by his mentors in Anthony R. Dolan, Robert H. Bork, Jr., and Richard Torrenzano. Vinh has worked directly with over 75 clients, including HSBC, Broadridge, Morgan Stanley, CME Group, BNY Mellon, eBay, Qualcomm, Google, Facebook, The TMX Group, The Hershey Company, Investment Technology Group, The Pennsylvania State University, Starr Insurance Companies, Boy Scouts of America, SeaWorld Entertainment, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
On the political front, Vinh has worked with numerous advocacy groups and political organizations in multiple countries, from London to Washington, D.C., on issues ranging from tax reform to constitutional matters, geopolitical issues such as freedom in Hong Kong after China’s violation of a peace agreement, and the United States' advancements, global positioning, and supply chain vs. China and other adversaries in artificial intelligence, the importance of 5G, and securing a supply chain for critical and rare earth minerals. He has also recently been active in matters regarding blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and web3.
Vinh has made numerous television appearances on Bloomberg, TD Ameritrade, and Cheddar, and has been published in Real Clear Politics, Fox News, The Daily Caller, and Newsmax – amongst others.
He is a proud son of Vietnamese immigrants who came to the United States towards the end of the Vietnam war to seek the American dream and they did so with their Vietnamese restaurants in the Philadelphia area.
Vinh attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he played football under Joe Paterno as well as rugby. Vinh also completed the executive MBA program at Harvard University.
Twitter: @thevinhvuong
Instagram: @thevinhvuong
He also serves as Chairman of his investment holding company, Garrison Fathom.
Willie Costa
Partner
Willie Costa leads the firm’s operations, client management, and serves as a key advisor to VUONG Global's aerospace, engineering, financial, and technology clients.
An aerospace engineer involved in aviation for over 20 years, he has worked at three NASA centers and served as a NASA Ambassador. Willie's engineering expertise includes leading the research into the design of autonomous VTOL vehicles for cargo delivery and urban air mobility, in programs with budgets in excess of $100 million; he has also worked as an engineering contractor for a private company developing close air support aircraft, which achieved over $336 million in sales to multiple foreign allies. He has also worked at NAVAIR, supporting the Rotary Wing Strength & Fatigue branch, Exercise Citadel Shield, and the Warfare Analysis, Engineering, and Technical Services branch – programs and engineering support efforts with combined budgets in excess of $300 million.
Willie has worked as an operations manager in the power transmission industry, spearheading new product development efforts and implementing lean six sigma initiatives to increase throughput and reduce order turnaround times; this led to a 66% reduction in order turnaround times, as well as a 10x increase in Returns & Repairs revenue at 3x increase in profitability. He has also spent several years consulting startup and growth-phase companies, focusing on operational planning and technical development. Additionally, Willie has advised corporate services and financial technology companies on proxy statements, equities research, and shareholder communications solutions.
Willie is the proud son of Cuban immigrants – an electrical engineer father and mathematician mother – who fled Castro’s tyranny and achieved the American dream. He is an alumnus of Cal Poly Pomona and Penn State.
An aerospace engineer involved in aviation for over 20 years, he has worked at three NASA centers and served as a NASA Ambassador. Willie's engineering expertise includes leading the research into the design of autonomous VTOL vehicles for cargo delivery and urban air mobility, in programs with budgets in excess of $100 million; he has also worked as an engineering contractor for a private company developing close air support aircraft, which achieved over $336 million in sales to multiple foreign allies. He has also worked at NAVAIR, supporting the Rotary Wing Strength & Fatigue branch, Exercise Citadel Shield, and the Warfare Analysis, Engineering, and Technical Services branch – programs and engineering support efforts with combined budgets in excess of $300 million.
Willie has worked as an operations manager in the power transmission industry, spearheading new product development efforts and implementing lean six sigma initiatives to increase throughput and reduce order turnaround times; this led to a 66% reduction in order turnaround times, as well as a 10x increase in Returns & Repairs revenue at 3x increase in profitability. He has also spent several years consulting startup and growth-phase companies, focusing on operational planning and technical development. Additionally, Willie has advised corporate services and financial technology companies on proxy statements, equities research, and shareholder communications solutions.
Willie is the proud son of Cuban immigrants – an electrical engineer father and mathematician mother – who fled Castro’s tyranny and achieved the American dream. He is an alumnus of Cal Poly Pomona and Penn State.
Robert H. Bork, Jr.
Strategic Partner
Robert H. Bork, Jr., heads the Bork Group, a 18-year-old virtual crisis, litigation, and public affairs agency, which draws from the best, most-experienced, independent communications talent.
Mr. Bork has designed strategies for clients in many high-profile cases and policy battles. His experience includes directing the public affairs strategy in critical issues for Eli Lilly, Google, AT&T, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform, to name just a few.
He began his career as a journalist as a police reporter before moving to business and economics. As a journalist, he covered international economics at U.S. News and World Report, was managing editor of the quarterly journal Regulation, and worked as a reporter at Forbes, The Detroit Free Press, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Miami Herald.
Mr. Bork made the switch to advocacy in 1987 working at the Heritage Foundation, on Capitol Hill as an aide to U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-NH), and as special assistant for U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills. Throughout his career, Mr. Bork has specialized in the development and implementation of communication strategies in crises, litigation, and legal policy. In his many years of experience managing the public environment surrounding high-profile matters, he has worked directly with CEOs, general counsel, and communications executives of major U.S. and international corporations.
Mr. Bork’s range of experience includes antitrust, product liability, intellectual property, securities fraud, economic espionage, white-collar crime, mergers and acquisitions, First Amendment and employment discrimination. His work has been on behalf of clients ranging from the automobile industry to pharmaceuticals, computers, software, chemicals, railroads, franchising, telecommunications, insurance, health-care, and former manufacturers of lead pigment. In every matter he has worked directly with the client’s legal counsel.
Mr. Bork graduated from Carleton College with a degree in American history. He was a Herbert J. Davenport Fellow in Business and Economic Journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Strategic Partner
Robert H. Bork, Jr., heads the Bork Group, a 18-year-old virtual crisis, litigation, and public affairs agency, which draws from the best, most-experienced, independent communications talent.
Mr. Bork has designed strategies for clients in many high-profile cases and policy battles. His experience includes directing the public affairs strategy in critical issues for Eli Lilly, Google, AT&T, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform, to name just a few.
He began his career as a journalist as a police reporter before moving to business and economics. As a journalist, he covered international economics at U.S. News and World Report, was managing editor of the quarterly journal Regulation, and worked as a reporter at Forbes, The Detroit Free Press, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Miami Herald.
Mr. Bork made the switch to advocacy in 1987 working at the Heritage Foundation, on Capitol Hill as an aide to U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-NH), and as special assistant for U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills. Throughout his career, Mr. Bork has specialized in the development and implementation of communication strategies in crises, litigation, and legal policy. In his many years of experience managing the public environment surrounding high-profile matters, he has worked directly with CEOs, general counsel, and communications executives of major U.S. and international corporations.
Mr. Bork’s range of experience includes antitrust, product liability, intellectual property, securities fraud, economic espionage, white-collar crime, mergers and acquisitions, First Amendment and employment discrimination. His work has been on behalf of clients ranging from the automobile industry to pharmaceuticals, computers, software, chemicals, railroads, franchising, telecommunications, insurance, health-care, and former manufacturers of lead pigment. In every matter he has worked directly with the client’s legal counsel.
Mr. Bork graduated from Carleton College with a degree in American history. He was a Herbert J. Davenport Fellow in Business and Economic Journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Mark Davis
Strategic Partner
Mark Davis is a former White House speechwriter who has managed message strategies and drafted speeches for the C-Suites of more than a dozen Fortune 500s, in sectors ranging from defense and aerospace, to telecommunications and transportation, to the CEOs of three “supermajor” oil companies.
Mark is adept at high-stakes messaging. He has worked with international energy companies to balance global messages against local sensitivities. He has helped manage the messaging strategy for judicial appeals and “bet-your-company” lawsuits for a leading car company and a major railroad. He advised a major transportation company on one of the largest mergers in U.S. business history.
In the White House, Mark drafted the prime-time address President George H.W. Bush gave before a Joint Session of Congress to declare his determination to evict a dictator from Kuwait.
He is the co-author, with Richard Torrenzano, of Digital Assassination: Protecting Your Reputation, Brand, or Business Against Online Attacks, (St. Martin’s Press, 2011), a book hailed by Charlene Li, author of Groundswell, and former CIA Director Michael Hayden as essential reading.
His op-eds have appeared in publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The Washington Post.
Mark was the former Vice President of the Pacific Research Institute of San Francisco, and has served as a speechwriter and aide to former California Governor Pete Wilson. He has been an adjunct professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and has lectured at many major colleges and universities. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University, Mark is the director of the Uptown Creative Strategies Group.
Strategic Partner
Mark Davis is a former White House speechwriter who has managed message strategies and drafted speeches for the C-Suites of more than a dozen Fortune 500s, in sectors ranging from defense and aerospace, to telecommunications and transportation, to the CEOs of three “supermajor” oil companies.
Mark is adept at high-stakes messaging. He has worked with international energy companies to balance global messages against local sensitivities. He has helped manage the messaging strategy for judicial appeals and “bet-your-company” lawsuits for a leading car company and a major railroad. He advised a major transportation company on one of the largest mergers in U.S. business history.
In the White House, Mark drafted the prime-time address President George H.W. Bush gave before a Joint Session of Congress to declare his determination to evict a dictator from Kuwait.
He is the co-author, with Richard Torrenzano, of Digital Assassination: Protecting Your Reputation, Brand, or Business Against Online Attacks, (St. Martin’s Press, 2011), a book hailed by Charlene Li, author of Groundswell, and former CIA Director Michael Hayden as essential reading.
His op-eds have appeared in publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The Washington Post.
Mark was the former Vice President of the Pacific Research Institute of San Francisco, and has served as a speechwriter and aide to former California Governor Pete Wilson. He has been an adjunct professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and has lectured at many major colleges and universities. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University, Mark is the director of the Uptown Creative Strategies Group.
Cheryl Parker
Strategic Partner
Cheryl Parker is the founder of Spotlight Media Booking. She has an extensive rolodex and 18-years national TV experience as a producer for major news outlets including CNN, Good Morning America, Regional News Network, NBC, CTV, Voice of America, BBC, and the NFL Network.
She is a 2006 NY Emmy® Award recipient for her work as a segment producer for “Richard French Live: War in Iraq” in the category POLITICS/GOVERNMENT: Program Feature, Program/Special.
Cheryl has produced numerous interviews with world leaders and celebrities including but not limited to: Steve Forbes, Michael Bloomberg, Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld, Madeleine Albright, John Edwards, Laura Bush, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Dick Durbin, Rick Perry, Sonny Perdue, Bob Graham, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Richard Gere, Dan Marino and Gloria Estefan.
She graduated with honors as a double major in Journalism and American Studies from American University and serves on the alumni board for the 2022 – 2024 session.
Cheryl received her master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Government and Political Communication and her graduate thesis can be found online.
She is also involved with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Cancer Society, and Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.
Cheryl is based in Miami, and travels to NYC, DC and Atlanta for work.
Strategic Partner
Cheryl Parker is the founder of Spotlight Media Booking. She has an extensive rolodex and 18-years national TV experience as a producer for major news outlets including CNN, Good Morning America, Regional News Network, NBC, CTV, Voice of America, BBC, and the NFL Network.
She is a 2006 NY Emmy® Award recipient for her work as a segment producer for “Richard French Live: War in Iraq” in the category POLITICS/GOVERNMENT: Program Feature, Program/Special.
Cheryl has produced numerous interviews with world leaders and celebrities including but not limited to: Steve Forbes, Michael Bloomberg, Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld, Madeleine Albright, John Edwards, Laura Bush, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Dick Durbin, Rick Perry, Sonny Perdue, Bob Graham, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Richard Gere, Dan Marino and Gloria Estefan.
She graduated with honors as a double major in Journalism and American Studies from American University and serves on the alumni board for the 2022 – 2024 session.
Cheryl received her master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Government and Political Communication and her graduate thesis can be found online.
She is also involved with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Cancer Society, and Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.
Cheryl is based in Miami, and travels to NYC, DC and Atlanta for work.
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